Best well drillers in Pierce County, Washington

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 150 drilling companies with wells on record in Pierce County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 7,634 logged wells in Washington State Department of Ecology well construction reports (records as of 2026-07-28). Every number links back to the public record.

150companies on record

48active since 2022

7,634wells in county record

#	Company	In Pierce Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Mark Wiese	655	1,200	1,760
2	Michael Cyrier	298	692	1,083
3	Matthew Call	99	114	250
4	Jacob Hansen	61	64	146
5	Nicolas Sample	55	175	543
6	Joshua Koepp	51	78	1,327
7	Rodney Gilseth JR	44	44	183
8	Joshua Stone	39	39	124
9	Darrell Feavel	36	165	226
10	Christopher Jones	28	51	3,742
11	Lance Sabey	25	25	168
12	Gray Rich	23	23	262
13	Trent Burrell	19	19	27
14	Clayton Pitts	18	52	436
15	Donald Johnston	18	18	67
16	Daniel Carpenter	16	20	533
17	Rogeray Phythian	14	78	2,809
18	Emily Davis	11	12	236
19	Madaline Trotter	10	10	53
20	Cory Johnson	9	9	112
21	Lyle Pitts	8	42	341
22	Elijah Rutledge	7	7	54
23	Dave Charon	6	38	79
24	Eric Hansen	6	38	55
25	Robert Laymon	6	15	965
26	James Johnson	6	6	68
27	Chad Gresham	5	8	226
28	Chris Gregory	5	5	180
29	Marvin Fengel	4	100	132
30	Wade Iversen	4	18	57
31	Richard Miller	4	7	62
32	Michael Davis	3	15	306
33	Pierce Kiltoff	3	3	281
34	Ryan Harris	3	3	117
35	Jack Grande	2	7	154
36	Justin Bevins	2	2	56
37	Ronald Bornmann	1	484	763
38	John Arfman	1	164	725
39	William Halbert	1	61	86
40	Steven Saenz	1	53	67
41	Randall Holt	1	36	162
42	Dwane Knapp	1	9	472
43	Nicholas Boone	1	1	196
44	Shane Averette	—	283	452
45	Earl Hilliker	—	263	445
46	Charles Smith	—	223	339
47	Thomas Craney	—	222	296
48	Ronald Jones	—	200	323
49	Terry Burns	—	182	229
50	Randy Harris	—	173	184
51	Roger Oelke	—	171	244
52	Kevin Mckenna	—	155	256
53	Wesley Glessner	—	137	206
54	David Sullivan SR	—	128	148
55	Jason Waldrop	—	127	188
56	James Wiley	—	112	550
57	John Sullivan	—	94	267
58	Roger Harrison	—	63	109
59	Michael Branklin	—	61	64
60	Bradley Johnson	—	58	975
61	Larry Gustin	—	53	67
62	James ST Pierre	—	52	75
63	Billy Dodge	—	48	90
64	Richard Deremer II	—	47	217
65	Matt Olsen	—	46	186
66	James Stair	—	46	57
67	Larry Olsen	—	45	203
68	Craig Gresham	—	38	1,037
69	Nicholas Ernst	—	38	429
70	Tom Markle	—	34	44
71	Jason Beckham	—	32	77
72	Carl Bauer	—	31	60
73	Richard Braun	—	28	39
74	Brandon Hicks	—	27	337
75	Patrick Miller	—	27	30
76	David Deremer	—	26	614
77	Scott Woolley	—	26	51
78	Jon Knapp	—	23	343
79	James Niederkorn	—	22	33
80	Bruce Lewis	—	20	26
81	Thomas Dannison JR	—	19	26
82	Martin Brown	—	17	55
83	Charles Whisnant	—	17	26
84	Roy Miller	—	16	30
85	Ronnie King	—	14	213
86	NA Unknown	—	12	139
87	Ronald Wiley	—	11	77
88	Jeremy Palin	—	10	114
89	ED Nelson	—	9	380
90	Matthew Henningsen	—	9	148
91	George Burt	—	9	43
92	Mark Nelson	—	8	279
93	Geoff Kelstrup	—	7	44
94	Robert Carper	—	5	51
95	Timothy Volking	—	5	35
96	Wayne Guy	—	5	28
97	Lanny Carpenter	—	4	248
98	Self Self	—	4	216
99	Ronald Ball	—	4	166
100	Glen Hicks	—	4	33
101	Bruce Predmore	—	4	27
102	Ralph Riggles	—	3	1,881
103	Terry Gavin	—	3	1,227
104	Kyle Schaeffer	—	3	562
105	Mike Herman	—	3	34
106	Wallace Robinson	—	3	29
107	Donald Lofall	—	2	290
108	Ronald Hurn	—	2	979
109	Tim Maxey	—	2	760
110	Lynn Bartholomew	—	2	410
111	Brigham Ward	—	2	264
112	Curtis King	—	2	111
113	Stanley Davis	—	2	51
114	Rick Wanzer	—	2	51
115	Ryan Seau	—	2	45
116	Tony Fehrenbach	—	2	33
117	Forrest Chance	—	2	29
118	Andrew Orth	—	1	1,125
119	Richard Smith	—	1	422
120	Richard Debler	—	1	522
121	Ryan Wilhonen	—	1	838
122	Willie Williams	—	1	534
123	Brandon Brown	—	1	106
124	Stephen Schneider	—	1	90
125	Bill Clothier	—	1	1,700
126	Brady Voth	—	1	607
127	Joseph Nunes	—	1	374
128	Albert Smith	—	1	361
129	Edwin King	—	1	334
130	Kenneth Minden	—	1	330
131	T L Cannon	—	1	258
132	Dave Ricard	—	1	242
133	Tyler Thornton	—	1	225
134	Bart Moorehead	—	1	214
135	Kelly Edwards	—	1	207
136	Joe Hubbard	—	1	180
137	Gerald Johnson	—	1	176
138	Duane Lincoln	—	1	164
139	Kirk Jeffries	—	1	147
140	Theodore Rieckers	—	1	145
141	Michael Mitchell	—	1	81
142	Robert Dehle	—	1	80
143	Lindsay Hazard	—	1	54
144	Bruce Fowler	—	1	52
145	Zon Axelsen	—	1	41
146	John Lafountaine	—	1	39
147	Corbie Chance II	—	1	38
148	Mark Schlehuber	—	1	33
149	Timothy Cole	—	1	29
150	Stephen Speelmon	—	1	25

Ranked by wells drilled in Pierce County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full Ecology record. A ★ marks a featured sponsor — sponsors must appear in the county record to be listed, and the ranking below them is never reordered.

Who drills the most wells in Pierce County?

Mark Wiese has drilled the most Pierce County wells in the recent record — 655 since 2016, 1,200 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Pierce County?

150 companies in the Ecology record have drilled wells in Pierce County; 48 of them have drilled somewhere in Washington since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

How deep is a typical well in Pierce County?

The median drilled depth in Pierce County is 128 ft, based on 8,258 recorded wells. Depths, water levels, and yields are on the Pierce County wells page.

Well depths, static water levels, tested yields, and drilling cost estimates for this county live on the Pierce County wells page.

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